Central Library Banaras Hindu University
Also known as "Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library"

BHU Library Out look

OUT LOOK

OF

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

March 2013

CENTRAL LIBRARY

BANARASHINDUUNIVERSITY

VARANASI - 221005

B.H.U. LIBRARY SYSTEM

The Banaras Hindu University
library system with the Central Library at the apex, three Institute Libraries,
namely, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Technology, and
Institute of Medical Sciences, 8 Faculty Libraries, 26 Departmental Libraries,
and One South Campus Library. The total collection exceeds 15.0 Lakhs

CENTRAL LIBRARY (SAYAJI RAO
GAEKWAD LIBRARY)

Germinated
from the Telang Library at the Central Hindu School, Kamachha, in 1916, shifted
to Faculty of Arts (then Central Hindu College) in 1921 and thereafter to the
present premises in 1941.

It has been
nurtured by eminent Librarian like -

Sir
Jadunath Sarkar (Historian)

Dr. S.R. Ranganathan (Padmashree)

Mr. Subramanium (Padamshree)

Dr. J.S. Sharma

Prof.P.N. Kaula (Padmashree)

Sri
H.D. Sharma, Sri L M P Singh and others.

Dr. Ajay Kumar
Srivastav is working presently as University Librarian since 26 Feb. 2011 to till date.

The
Central Library has a collection of

(as on per Annual Report 2011-12)

Books :9,25,425

Journals (Bound
Volume) : 1,53,875

Current
Journals : 610

Ph.D Theses :
15,921

Manuscripts :
7227

It also has special
collection of

United Nations
& Govt. of India Pubs.

Staff
Publications Collection

Rare & Out
of Print Books

Local History
Collection

University
& its Founder Collection

THE LIBRARY REMAINS OPEN

for 359 days in a year
8.00 AM to 9.00 PM on weekdays; and
10.00 AM to 9.00 PM on Sundays &Holidays

The Library Provides study
facility through

Lending for home study (for
members)

Lending to Departmental Libraries

It also provides services, like :

Reprographic service @ 50 paise
per exposure

Free Internet facility for online access to Journals

Printout of downloaded data from Internet @ Re.1.00
per page

Online
access to above 13000 Full Text Journals

Inter-Library Loan
and Electronic Document Delivery Service

The sections on ground floor are:

1.Reference
section

2.Text
Books Section

3.Manuscripts
and Rare Collection Section

4.Photocopying
Section

5.Internet
Section

6.Books
Stack

The sections on the first floor are:

U.N. &
Government Publication Section

Books Purchase
(Acquisition) Section

Technical Section for Indian language
books.

Computer Division / Server Room

The sections located in the Annexe Building
:

Technical
Section (English)

Periodical
section & News paper (Current)

Periodical
(Stack )

Thesis
Section

CIRCULATION SECTION

This
is the Section where readers get registered as members of the Library. Only
members have the privilege of barrowing the books for home use.

To
become a member a student has to produce the admission fee receipt of the
current session and the latest Identity Card. Students getas many reader’sticket as they are entitled to borrow books
.Against one reader’s ticket one book
isissued. To become a member, teachers
and other employees of the university have to fill a form and get itforwarded by the Head of the Department.Teachers and employees get a passbook for
getting books issued.

The circulation
counter functions

from 10.30 A.M. to 4.30 P.M. on weekdays and

remains closed on Sundays and holidays.

The books are
issued for two months. The no. of volumes to be issued at a time are:

Under Grduates :
2 books

Post
Grduates: 4 books

Research Scholars : 6 books

Assistant Professors: 10 books

Associate Professors: 15 books

Professors :
20 books

Non Teaching (Officers): 10 books

For Retired Faculty members special library consultation facility started
with the caution money of Rs. 2000/- . In this facility they can avail all the
services of library including issuing
of four documents.

REFERENCE SECTION

Reference Section is located in
the Circular Hall. Around the walls are glass panel of almirahs where important
reference books are shelved. Reference books includes dictionaries,
encyclopedias, directories, year-books, handbooks, geographical and
biographical dictionaries, bibliographies, etc. This library has one of the
best reference collections in the country.

One reference librarian or Readers
Advisor is always available in the Reference Section who is specially trained
to help readers in finding out information from reference books and from other
information sources. Theyalso help
readers in consulting the library catalogue including OPAC (Online Public
Access Catalogue).

How to search a Book ?

Books are arranged according to
the subjectcontent of each book. Each
book is given a numberknown as the Call
Number. This number is written on the spine of each book and is also written on
the corresponding cards in the Card Catalogue.

This library uses Colon
Classification. Some old books are arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification
scheme.

Catalogue is the key to the
library collections. Before going to the shelves it is advisable to consult the
catalogue to know a particular book is available in the library or not, and if
it available then one should note down the Call Number written by pencil on the
Catalogue Card.

OPAC Terminals are available in the Central Hall of the Library. In
OPAC books can be accessed by even a single key word. It may be the part of
Title, Author, Subject or any other term. The search results are helpfulto get the complete details of the documents
related to search query.

TEXTBOOK SECTION

A Textbook Section has been
created in the Central Library nearby central hall. Copies of every textbook
are kept in this section. Books are not issued but available for consultation
only.

It is open from 9.00 A.M. to 9.00
P.M. on weekdays and from 10.30 A.M. to 9.00 P.M. on holidays.

PERIODICAL SECTION

The Library has good collection
of periodicals in various subject fields.It presently subscribes above 600 print periodicals.

Periodical Section of the Central
Library is located in annexe building. Loose issues of periodicals are
displayed and stored in the specially designed racks for the purpose. The back
volumes of periodical are shelved in the periodical stacks area of the annexe
building., There are separate reading area for loose and bound volumes.

Periodicals in the subject fields
of medical sciences, engineering and technology, law, education, botany,
physics, chemistry are available in the concerned Institute/ Faculty/ Departmental
Libraries.

THESES SECTION

Copy of the thesis approved for
Ph.D and D.Litt in the Banaras Hindu University is kept in the Theses Section. Above
Fourteen thousand titles of theses are there in the Section.

A separate catalogue by author,
title, subject has been provided in-front of the section. The computerized
catalog is also available in theses section. Thesis can be search through OPAC
also.

TECHNICAL SECTION

The journey of books started from
acquisition section to technical section after accessioning. In technical
section books processed with the help of Colon Classification scheme and unique
call number provided to it.

The database of books created in SOUL
software and now catalogue card generated on the pattern of AACR-2 using SOUL
Library Automation Software of UGC/INFLIBNET.

The barcoding, lebelling and
other steps applied on document and make it fit for issue. Later on books sent
from this section to Book Stack where user can consult it or make them issue
for use.

U.N. & GOVERNMENT SECTION

This Library has one of the
largest collection of the United Nations and its agency publications, as it is
one of the four depository libraries in the country. These publications are
specially valuable for research scholars as they give the latest developments
in economic, social, political and educational spheres in the world.

This section also has government
publications. Emphasis is on Central Government and Uttar Pradesh Government
publications. Important government publication is purchased. The total no. of
documents in this collection is over twenty thousands.

MANUSCRIPT SECTION

The University has a fairly
large collection of Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts. Besides the Central
Library these manuscripts are also kept in the Bharat Kala Bhavan and the
Faculty of Oriental Learning and Theology. Sanskrit manuscripts number 10,433
out of which 5695 are in the Central Library, 4520 in the Bharat Kala Bhavan
and 218 in the Faculty of Oriental Learning and Theology. These are in several scripts
including Sarda (Old Kashmiri), Grantha (Tamil Script), Devanagari, Telugu and
Bengali.Some of the manuscripts are on
palm leaf, bhojpatra, bamboo and the rest are on paper.

Rare books make a library unique
and valuable. BHU Library has many rare
books - some of them published in the 17th and 18th
centuries. The digital library of the manuscripts created in central library,
so access can be possible with the help of computer terminals.

REPROGRAPHIC SERVICE

The Reprographic Section of
the Library is equipped with four photocopying machines. Photocopy of
periodical articles and parts of books are made available to the readers at a
nominal rate of 50 paise per exposure for the use of academic and research
purpose.

DOCUMENT
DELIVERY SERVICE:

To fulfill the information needs of the user
through information/document supply is a document delivery service. BHU library
is a document delivery centre of INFLIBNET for supply of documents to the
faculty and researchers of MP, UP, Bihar and
North East states.

CONSULATION FOR OUTSIDE SCHOLARS:

BHU
Library provides consultation facilities to outside scholars on the basis of
letter of introduction and charges are @ Rs. 20/- per day or Rs. 500/- per
month basis.

INTERNET
FACILITY

Internet connectivity with
above 15 terminals has been provided for the use of teachers, researcher and
undergraduate and postgraduate students of the university for browsing of
websites and databases, of their interest. This can be used for sending
messages/ information also. The Internet access facility is free of cost but
nominal charges for printouts @ Re. 1.00 per page.

DATABASE,
ONLINE JOURNALS & E-BOOKS

BHU Library is a part of
UGC-INFONET, INDEST and ERMERD Consortia for e-resource subscription.

UGC-INFONET : BHU is
having access to above 13,000 online journals and databases, out of them above
6000 under UGC-Infonet consortia.

ERMED :
ElectronicResources on Mediacl Sciences are available to Institute of Medical
Sciences, Banaras Hindu Universit. The link address is www.nmlermed.in It is having fulltext access
to about 3000 journals on campus wide network.

INDEST : Indian National
Digital Library in Engineering Science and technology. This is the service
provided via IT Main Library which is the member for INDEST Consortia.
The Faculty of Law Library
subscribe some legal databases. It includes West Law International, Manupatra, Ind-Law,
Case Law etc.

The access is available to all
users through campus wide network of BHU on IP address authentication. For
details visit the BHU website where the link for Library available www.bhu.ac.in

Recent Activities:

1.National Seminar on “Print to E-Resources: Challenges and
Opportunities held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 15-16 April,
2011.

BHU Cyber Library
inaugurated by Dr. Karan Singh, Hon’ble Chancellor, BHU with Dr. Lalji Singh,
VC, BHU on 3rd March 2013. It is started in a fully air conditioned
hall with above 200 computer for access to online e-resources, e-books and
various digital libraries of the world for academic and research purpose.

Cyber Library
will increase the research productivity of BHU and serve the users with global
information.